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Title: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: 67428GT500 on April 23, 2019, 06:07:04 AM

 Renegade 11927B; 170 Aluminum 72cc for Ford 390-428 FE.
Anyone have any experience with these? I understand you can run 2.25 X 1.75 valves with a 4.130 bore?

                                                                                -Keith

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: cjshaker on April 23, 2019, 07:54:55 AM

Quote from: 67428GT500 on April 23, 2019, 06:07:04 AM

Renegade 11927B; 170 Aluminum 72cc for Ford 390-428 FE.
Anyone have any experience with these? I understand you can run 2.25 X 1.75 valves with a 4.130 bore?

                                                                                -Keith

Look like Pro Comp heads, just rebranded, which there are a lot of. Cheap Chinese junk that gets really bad reviews about heat treating, quality etc.

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: machoneman on April 23, 2019, 09:47:18 AM

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Renegade-Bare-Cylinder-Head-Set-11927B-170-Aluminum-72cc-for-Ford-390-428-FE-/282594770881

When one Googles your link (says 'Renegade') the name Pro-Comp also pops up.

Danger, Will Rogers!

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: 67428GT500 on April 23, 2019, 10:02:51 AM

Good information to have! Speedmaster was another brand I saw quite a few of for a while.

                                                                                       -Keith

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: Barry_R on April 23, 2019, 11:52:33 AM

Stevens cylinder heads from China
Sold under a thousand names on ebay and all over the internet
Every one of them will claim that the stuff is made to the utmost specifications and guarantees perfection
None of them even know where the stuff is really made or who is really making it.
Could be a state of the art aerospace facility
Could be a dirt floor lean to

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: Joe-JDC on April 23, 2019, 12:33:37 PM

The ones I actually held in my hands felt like pumice they were so light.  I would not trust the heat treat, and valve seats from moving a lot under high spring pressures.  JMO, but there are so many good choices now, why try to save a couple of hundred and have to do everything over again.  Joe-JDC

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: ntheogen on April 23, 2019, 10:19:44 PM

Keith, Did you call edelbrock like you said you were after we spoke?

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: 67428GT500 on April 24, 2019, 12:29:16 PM

Jack, Yes. I did. I am waiting for a return call. The engineer that did those heads is no longer with Edelbrock. So they'll have to reference the CAD/Print so we can figure out if the 2.25/1.75 valves will clear a 4.140 bore.

                                                                                    -Keith

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: fekbmax on April 25, 2019, 05:51:53 AM

I'm running 2.250's and 1.750's in my edelbrock 6005 kuntz prepaired heads with a 4.140" bore. They clear just fine.

Title: Re: Anyone familiar with these heads?
Post by: gdaddy01 on April 26, 2019, 05:04:20 PM

Barry , let me guess , I am going to go with dirt floor .